Sipping Through the Snow: Riding Out the Storm With Red Wine

As Winter Storm Jonas bears down upon the East Coast, thousands will rush to stock up on the essentials: milk, water, flashlights, salt, shovels and of course wine, beer and booze.

Drizly, an alcohol delivery service available in many major cities across the country says the local forecast has a direct impact on business. They saw a 55 percent increase in sales in the Washington DC area alone, with three times as many scheduled deliveries as normal.

Beer distributors like Bob Hall in Maryland are working overtime to meet expected demand. Mike Hudson, operations manager for Bob Hall tells Fox 5 News that “snowstorms like this that come in on a Friday and over the weekend are probably the best situation for us because people are home, they are safe, they are not driving anywhere, they are not working. And what are they doing to do? Eat, drink and be merry.”

With a weekend filled with snowbound wine lovers ahead, we combed user-generated wine review site Vivino (9 million worldwide users) to see who had the jumpstart on pairing Ribera del Duero with their chilly winter days.

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This wine displays an intense, ripe black cherry color. On the nose, it develops well with ripe red berry hints (mulberry and blackcurrant) intermingled with elegant, balsamic, oaky aromas. On the palate it is powerful with nuances of incense, spice and sweet-tasting cinnamon. This wine combines the sweetness of the ripe tannins with the polyphenolic structure of the Tinto Fino variety. Well balanced, lingering, harmonious and with a lingering finish

This wine comes from 64 hectares of own vineyards located in the state of Finca Villacreces planted around 1980. The harvest is manual in 15 kg crates and the grapes are double selected in sorting table. Alcoholic fermentation and malolactic fermentation are done in stainless steel vats with double pissage. This wine has a deep, black cherry color. It shows aromas of red fruit embodied with toffee, oaky hints from the ageing in French barrel revealing a sweet and fruity wine on the mouth. On the mouth reminiscences of ripen fruit and licorice are found. It offers a pleasant and soft aftertaste.

Deep, dark cherry red with ruby highlights. Intense and expressive nose of black fruit with hints of leather, cocoa and balsamic notes. Full bodied, elegant and concentrated on the palate with silky tannins. Well integrated French oak and a long, rich finish.